La Crisalida Retreats

Let's get those legs working! One of our weekly exercise classes is legs, bums and tums, designed to workout the lower part of our body, in particular. We sometimes add small hand weights to work our upper body too. It helps to tone and strengthen the legs, bottom, hips and to some extent the abdominal muscles.

Albir, on the Costa Blanca Spain, is a small seaside town, where our Spanish retreat is located. This view, sent by Jo (one of our guests earlier this year), was taken from the natural park on the way to the lighthouse. You can see the bay with Albir and Altea, next tot he Mediterranean Sea. We walk along the seafront a couple of times each week, on our daily guided walk, pausing for some time in quiet reflection.

To find out more about the retreat, where we are, what activities you can do, and more, head over to our website: https://lacrisalidaretreats.es/

The life makeover workshops are designed to focus on your mindset - creating a life of health and wellbeing takes action and focus, so getting into the right head s

We share tools and exercises for you to take some time to focus just on you, and what you want. Workshops can take place outdoors, in our shaded outside seating area, or in the air-conditioned activity room.

This is one of our creativity classes - inspiration flags. Using words, images, patterns and colours, we tap into our inner self, the subconscious, to create these flags to inspire us to be present, to live with purpose and to connect.

Some of our yoga classes are intermediate level yoga, designed to provide more challenge. In a recent class with Tania, we focused some of our attention on arm balances. Using blocks and a step-by-step approach we canpractice and build up our arm balances. (All levels yoga classes also available every day).

This is one of the viewpoints on the lighthouse walk, taken a couple of days ago with some of our friendly guests! The lighthouse walk starts from the retreat and heads through our small seaside town, Albir, to the entrance to the Sierra Helada natural park. We follow a coastal path through the park to the lighthouse, where we pause to enjoy the views, before circling back to the retreat. It's a stunning walk to enjoy during your retreat with us.

Sink back and unwind in one of our outdoor pools. Our magnesium pool helps to relax muscles and is a quiet place to sit and enjoy some relaxation time whilst on retreat.

What might a typical plant-based lunch look like on your plate, here Spain? Just like this! A range of colours, textures, tastes - and balanced nutrition: protein, carbs, greens, fibre, vitamins and minerals. 😋😄💪

In our flow to restore yoga class, we combine gentle movement, with stillness (holding restorative yoga poses), to encourage our muscles to relax and release. Using lots of bolsters, blankets and blocks, we support the body in various postions to encourage each part of the body to rest in turn. This is a wonderful practice to enjoy in the evening, just before heading to bed. Zzzzzz